sketches

the blog has been lonely so i'm posting some recent sketches.

APE

Hello friends. I will be at APE this weekend (Alternative Press Expo) I have made a mini comic/zine to sell. It consists of the first 49 comics i did for the DFAC, I actually don't know if I'm supposed to call it that anymore as that is the official title of Scott's comic. Ill ask him about that. So yeah, you should come. I only have 20 copies of the book, i guess that's how i do things. Here is the awesome cover, front and back, just because. OK see you there xoxo.






















Also the site has been revamped to make it more futuristic, there are other perks that i'm learning about as well. So its kind of DCAF celebration week. i cant believe its been 5 years. what a ride! well, pretty mellow ride actually, not so roller coaster-y to be completely honest with you.

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bajel

art show tonight in LA (Los Angeles)

Hi everybody. I hope you are having a good Friday so far. OK, enough small talk. I'm going to be in this art show that my little brother Dudley put together. You should go if you live in LA which some of you do. The theme of the show is Rock and Roll Sci-Fi so of course i painted Chuck Berry playing his guitar in space. Observe:































(again apologies for the photos, i need a scanner)

ART

Hey everybody. so I'm going to be in this group show at Gallery 1988 tonight in San Francisco! This is a show in which a bunch of artists paint on movie posters. The gallery sent me the Coraline poster. I went for a little "play on words" thing and made a poster for the hit movie In the Coraline of Fire. In which Coraline is always blocking John Malkovich from Clint Eastwood, unintentionally of course, because John Malcovich is into killing presidents and Clint Eastwood is an old school renegade secret service agent who doesn't follow rules and is getting too old for that sh*#. You know. Anyway here are some pictures of it, sorry about the blurry shot. you should check it out in person!

Crazy 4 Cult 3D!

Yes, the 3rd installment of the awesome hit art show about awesome hit movies has arrived! Actually, not hit movies per say, but movies that are considered to be cult classics. This year I once again tackled the theme of time traveling by painting some of the founding members of The Society of In Control Time Travelers. These time travelers did not accidentally fall into a hole, or fall asleep and mysteriously wake up in some other era, They got in their Delorians, or in their phone booths and made it happen. Unless of course they were sent by someone else who could harness time, like Bruce Willis and Terminator. Also unless they could send themselves back in time with the power of their mind to hook up with hot Victorian chicks like Christopher Reeve. Anyway they all met at Doc Brown's house in the late 50's to take this group photo. The Time Bandits made it too of course!














Also! Gallery 1988 is doing a print run of this guy! I have signed 25 prints and G1988 will have them available on their website and at the show. Awesome!

The show is at Gallery 1988, Los Angeles on the 16th (this Thursday) Yay time traveling! and paintings!

Space Bed

This is how warm the light in my bedroom seems to me. not sure if that's good for painting. Perhaps ill move to the kitchen.













hello there, i will add more of these shots trying to figure out different times of days for fun and practice, yay.

MOCCA

HI! So ill be at MOCCA tomorrow and Sunday with Scott C. Scott will be selling tons of his awesome stuff and I will be debuting my second epic mini comic titled SOMETHING TO CRY ABOUT. Here is the cover and a tid bit. We will also be selling some Hickees. So come by the table and say hi, it would be nice to meet you. I think its not supposed to be raining tomorrow like it is right now.

Flowers for Martha

So my buddy, the talented Kate Berry, wife of Ian, hooked me up with this fun illustration job for her work. She is the style editor for Martha Stewart Weddings Magazine. They printed these flowers on some olde timey paper and they are going to do something smart with them for a smart wedding. so if your into flowers and weddings you might be into this. i was into painting them.

Sweet

So Tim is down at E3 in LA showing the game BRUTAL LEGEND and i had to show you this awesome poster draping the Staples Center. Scott C designed the character (Eddie Riggs), Dave R modeled him, Marke P sent me the 3d elements and i composed it and painted it. It is exiting for me to see something i painted so huge on the side of a building! though it was really an awesome group effort. Long live Double Fine!

Waxing Frida

just curious.

Sketches

Here are a few recent ones from the New York area. Central Park, East River/Brooklyn, and across the street from 9th street espresso-East 9th and Loisaida (ave C). hope you are good.

Super heroes

So the awesome people who picked up my Greek helmet inspired Batman painting from my show in january (included) have commissioned me to paint 2 other super heroes of my choosing. i chose Spiderman, who is cool, and Night Owl, who is different from Spiderman and Batman in the traditional sense, but who is bird based and i like superheroes who are bird based. OK i hope you guys are good.

happy spring

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Tools I use

hey so that awesome website The Tools Artist Use has asked me some questions that i have answered, it was fun. if you've ever been curious about the stuff i use to make paintings you might find this interesting. there are other cool artists who have answered the same questions. sweet! hope you are having a nice weekend.

We're gonna have a TV party tonight!

All right. Well, actually its tomorrow night, and actually, it's not me but gallery 1988 Los Angeles! It's also a show to celebrate 5 years of gallery 1988 selling art to the people of the world. Katie and Jensen are really awesome and to them i say congratulations!

So I depicted Appolo and Starbuck from the hit 1970's TV show Battlestar Galactica. I liked that show a lot as a child, and once even sent away for some crazy box that was supposed to be the cockpit of one of the space ships. I've enjoyed the new Battlestar Galactica, not as much as some people i know, but I do think its weird that Starbuck is a girl now. Which maybe i am realizing bothers me more than i thought previously, weird. OK, i hear LA is nice right now so hopefully it's still nice tomorrow night and you will feel like going to this art show!

hey there

It's me Nathan. I want to tell you about an art auction that i am going to be contributing a couple of paintings to. it is an auction to help Adobe Books, an awesome used book store in San Fransisco. i have enjoyed that place many times so i am happy to try and help. If you are in San Francisco you should go there. There are many artists whom i admire in it, which also makes me excited. OK i hope your spring is off to a good start. thanks. another show soon, ill tell you about it a little later.

face and spaces

hi, so my show went really well thanks for coming! everything worked out really nicely. of course my camera was out of batteries but some friends took pictures that i will post here as i email and ask for them. anyway here are some highlights. if you would like to own any of these paintings contact the gallery. or just check out that link if you want to see all of the paintings. thanks again everybody. i got some pictures from my awesome photographer cousin that was there. none of these people are me but i look like some of them because they are members of my family especially my dad in the middle there. ill post more pictures too later. heres some nice words and more photos. Here too!

It's 2009

Here is something; I am contributing a piece to the Beastie Boys Tribute show happening down in LA at Gallery 1988 this Thursday night. It sounds like its going to be another awesome, crazy show down there. I depicted one of the best albums and photos of all time. I hope 2009 is going well for you so far. thanks again for checking this thing out this year. more to come from my show thats opening this friday here in SF. ok, bye for now.

heeey

Well the snow is falling here atop Nathan Stapley headquarters and there is news to be had; My art show is coming up soon. It's my first solo show in a real gallery so i am very exited about it. Other information on this show is that there will be live music provided by a real member of my family and his 2 friends. They will be playing the kind of music that i like. There will also be beverages and many friendly people. Here is the official flyer. also here. You should really go. Also, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Here are some other ones from the show that I've scanned. many more to come. besitos.

So I Married my Cousin

Hiee. So I just mailed these 3 paintings to this awesome new gallery in Philadelphia called T&P Fine Arts. They will be on display there this Friday night the 5th of December, 2008. You should go and check this show out and look at my paintings and many others that will be there. These are the first 3 paintings in the new series "So I Married my Cousin". I depicted, Jerry Lee Lewis, Edgar Allan Poe, and the famous outlaw Jessie James. Those dudes married their cousins. I hope you had a good Thanksgiving.